A couple of years ago I saw a guy that re-vamped his mac with a wooden interior instead of carpeting ...Cannot find the pics for the life of me. Does anyone have a link to them.
tongue and groove in a Mac
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HEINZIR
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- Jan 22, 2008
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Check out some of the pictures near the end of the slide show in my signature.
HEINZIR
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- Jan 22, 2008
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Here is a link to some alternatives to the wood strips.
http://forums.macgregor.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?t=103968
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Beautiful jobs on the interiors.
I was wondering though, how did you attach the wood to the interior of the hull? Obviously nails and screws are out of the question. Construction adhesive maybe?
Beautiful jobs on the interiors.
I was wondering though, how did you attach the wood to the interior of the hull? Obviously nails and screws are out of the question. Construction adhesive maybe?
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Would it be possible to get your e-mail so I can ask about 5000000 questions I love everything you have done
HEINZIR
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Not sure if you are addressing this to me, but in my case I ripped 1/2" plywood into 1-1/2" strips to use as "furring strips" under the tongue and groove cedar wainscoting material. The cedar is screwed to the strips with brass screws.
I cut kerfs in the back side of the strips so they would conform to the curves of the hull. Conventional wisdom says to attach them to the hull with epoxy but I was working in late fall/early winter and the temps were too cold for even cold-cure epoxy. I used Gorilla Glue instead. I only did this a year ago but so far it has held up to a year of Minnesota temperature extremes of +95 to -25 degrees without coming off.
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I used the cheap tongue and grove thin cedar packets found at Menards.....used a construction adhesive...problem was how to keep it on the ceiling until set.....well I would put up about three strips at a time and actually use cut pieces to brace them up from the floor.....they bend nicely and support them until set....used a small piece to form a T to support.....tricky at times working by yourself but once set they hold....has been 3 years now.
Synthetic Alternatives
Here's link to an Alternative:
http://www.myboatsgear.com/featured_product/synthetic%20decking.asp
It did not seem to link in my previous post so here it is again.
The synthetics are no way near as beautiful as the wood veneer in the pics above but they are lighter, easier to install and likely weather proof.
Here's link to an Alternative:
http://www.myboatsgear.com/featured_product/synthetic%20decking.asp
It did not seem to link in my previous post so here it is again.
The synthetics are no way near as beautiful as the wood veneer in the pics above but they are lighter, easier to install and likely weather proof.
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